Six: Private W. Spalding, Black Watch

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2754548 Pte. W. Spalding. Black. Watch.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, swing mounted, very fine (6) £80-£100

William Spalding attested for the Black Watch in 1934 and served with the 2nd Battalion in Palestine. The Arbroath Herald of 10 September 1940 lists him as one of five brothers from Inverkeilor serving in the British Army, two of whom were German prisoners of war; sold with copied newspaper articles.